November 2009 Show Archives
Week 1 Show 0944
Future of Farming (View Video)
American agriculture is big business and few areas have under gone more of a dramatic change than farming communities where agriculture is based. We visit with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsak about how stimulus money is being spent in the state.
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Wine College (View Video)
While the number of farms around the country is shrinking, in Oklahoma, it's a different story. Small to mid-sized farms are on the increase due, in great part, to specialty crops like grapes.
For more information visit this link:Redlands Community College
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Mangum Revival (View Video)
Located in far SW OK, Mangum has struggled in recent years with a declining population and closed businesses. Something a group of area leaders are working hard to turn around.
For more information visit this link:City of Mangum
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Flying Cowboy (View Video)
Across rural America, 89% of all farm income comes from off farm sources. People working 2-3 jobs just to make ends meet. We introduce you to a man who has taken his drive to an all new level.
For more information visit these links:Southwest Technology Center
The Flying Cowboy
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Old Way of Farming (View Video)
It's often said to know where you're going, you need to know where you've been and for Oklahoma's Farming Heritage Association, that is exactly what they hope to do for today's young people. See how they are demonstrating the old ways of farming to kids.
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Value Added--Tractor Donation (View Video)
Meeker's agricultural education program has a new vintage tractor donated by the Oklahoma Farming Heritage Association to help teach both mechanics and history.
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Week 2 Show 0945
Oklahoma Deployment (View Video)
When you think of agriculture, you don't usually think of it in the context of war, but the U.S. military is using agriculture to help fight terrorism.
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OSU Training (View Video)
For some people serving in the Oklahoma Agri-business Unit in Afghanistan, they grew up in and around agriculture but for others, this is a completely new experience.
For more information visit this link:Oklahoma State University Helps National Guard
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Red Shirt Orange Friday (View Video)
Soldiers serving abroad will be getting a little taste of home thanks to the effort of some Oklahoma State students.
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Afghanistan Ag (View Video)
While units like the 45th focus on growing economic development in Afghanistan, they do so in a war zone. October 2009 was the deadliest month in Afghanistan since the U.S. occupation began. Still, there are those, both military and civilian, devoted to trying to improve the country's standard of living.
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Peace Through Business--Andeisha's Story (View Video)
A program called Peace Through Business is designed to help women in developing countries create economic stability in their homeland beginning with their own homes.
For more information visit this link:Peace Through Business
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Afghan Flight Training (View Video)
Oklahoma aviation expertise helps those around the world. The latest example, a project to make the skies over Afghanistan safer.
For more information visit this link:Metro Technology Center--Aviation Career Campus
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Week 3 Show 0946
Vaccine Shortage (View Video)
We examine what’s behind the recent shortage of flu shots.
For more information visit this link:Oklahoma State Department of Health
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What's in a Name (View Video)
When the first reports of a new strain of flu appeared last spring, the H1N1 virus was first referred to as swine flu. An unfortunate misidentification that’s still costing America’s pork industry.
For more information visit this link:Oklahoma Pork Council
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Meningitis (View Video)
Each year in this country, about three thousand people are diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. Meet a survivor who is working to prevent it’s lethal spread.
For more information visit this link:National Meningitis Association
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Animal Stop (View Video)
An outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease in Oklahoma could mean economic turmoil for our economy. See why our state is taking precautions now to prepare public safety officials.
For more information visit this link:Locate in 48
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Value Added--Animal ID (View Video)
Foot and Mouth disease is so highly contagious in animals and such as threat to farm economies that the U.S. won't let researchers work with the virus anywhere on the mainland. See what we are doing to try to avoid the same economic disaster that Great Brittian faces and what's behind Oklahoma's push for animal identification.
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Week 4 Show 0947
CNG Future (View Video)
Fossil fuels still supply about 87 percent of the world's energy needs and while by all accounts world oil supplies are dwindling, just the opposite is true for natural gas.
For more information visit these links:Oklahoma CNG Fueling Stations
Oklahoma Natural Gas
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Value Added--Interview with Andy Weissman--Energy (View Video)
We continue our visit with Andy Weissman about the future of energy in Oklahoma.
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Cap and Trade (View Video)
When world leaders gather this December for the U.N. Conference on Climate Change, they could take a significant first step in putting a lid on green house gas emissions. A bold initiative that is being greeted in this country with mixed reactions.
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Interview with Mike Dicks--Climate Change (View Video)
We visit with Mike Dicks, public policy specialist for Oklahoma State University, about the debate over climate change.
For more information visit this link:Oklahoma State University--Mike Dicks
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Grow Your Own (View Video)
We introduce you to a young Oklahoman who is turning wind potential into a real life solution for his family.
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Interview with Elizabeth Salerno--Wind Energy (View Video)
We visit with Elizabeth Salerno from the American Wind Energy Association about the future of this growing industry.
For more information visit these links:Wind Revolution 2009
American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
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Week 5 Show 0948
Medicine Park Overview (View Video)
Located at the foothills of the Wichita Mountains, Medicine Park, with its one-of-a-kind architecture, has been given new life thanks to a new creative spirit in town.
For more information visit these links:Medicine Park, Oklahoma
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Stardust Inn (View Video)
Pegi Brown, and husband Clark, sold their home in California, quit their jobs, and moved to Oklahoma, a journey that led them to Medicine Park where they opened the Stardust Inn.
For more information visit these links:Stardust Inn Bed and Breakfast
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Buffalo Auction (View Video)
The Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge is home to our nation’s oldest buffalo refuge. Inside you’ll find hundreds of the giant beasts that give testament to over a century of conservation.
For more information visit these links:Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
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Robert Dean (View Video)
We introduce you to a metal sculptor whose life story is as unique as his creations.
For more information visit these links:Robert Dean, Sculptor
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FluteFestival (View Video)
We take you to the Medicine Park Flute Gathering where a family of Native American flute players, the Nevaquaya family, is in many ways responsible for preserving an important tradition of our native peoples.
For more information visit these links:Medicine Park Flute Gathering
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